Wednesday, January 27, 2016

EXAM PHOBIA

Exams create stress for parents and students alike. But if
certain precautions and self-discipline is practiced, handling exams or competitions does not become a
stress for parents or students.

Student’s role:

1.Daily routine is the key to success in any exam
or competition. Planning is very important. Execution of the planning makes the
job of preparation easier.

2.Self-loading planning with following format
helps a lot:

PLAN YOUR
WORK, WORK YOUR PLAN.

I AM
INTELLIGENT. I AM BRILLIANT. I WILL ACHIEVE MY GOAL. I am responsible for my career and life.

Subject

Chapter

Name Pages

Start Time

Finish Time

Delay in achieving the goal if any and
new finish time

Exercise done/not done

Healthy eating

Done/not done

Good Music

Listened/not listened

3.Be present mentally and physically for
study. Be honest. Dishonesty in study
does not pay. Don’t cheat yourself. Sincerity pays. Be sincere. Don’t read to
explain to others but for yourself. The best gift to yourself is “education.”

4.Don’t study for marks alone. Work hard, read
sincerely and marks will follow.

5.Don’t compete or compare yourself with others
but with your previous performance.

6.How to read:

6.1 Have a separate room for study.

6.2 Stop mental distraction like watching TV,
speaking unnecessarily or excessively with your friends or classmates. Yes
discussing a subject is good use of mobile phone and time.

7. Prepare with
the end benefits of the education in
your life. FAIL = FIRST ATTEMPT IN
LEARNING. Don’t discourage yourself. Many students overdo and do not like to face
the failure. Failed means you are in the race. If you will prepare well, there
is no question of failure. Guaranteed.

8. Love to read
at your best. Don’t let your mood be the
boss of your reading habits. Be the boss of your mood. In preparation is only
you and your books.

Read the books thoroughly and you will find that you know
80% and just 20% you need to consult others.

Jot down what you wish to consult
your teachers or senior students. Tell your parents: You pay fee, give food,
give clothes and everything. Learning is my responsibility. I will do the
best. Pray and work.

Touch feet of your parents. Parents are visible
God and God is invisible parents i.e. your ancestors. Pray to them and no power
on Earth can make you unsuccessful. Yes you need to read and work hard. Merely
Prayer will not do.

4.Mind it: Parents need children and children
need parents. Don’t compare and make them hate you internally. Rather say: I
believe you and trust you will do the best. Exam is a part of life not end of
life. So, do your best and leave the rest to God.

These are the morale boosting
words. Once the parents these words, child starts working hard with “do or die”
spirit.

5.Do not give unnecessary advice. This
disturbs the child.

6.Especially for moms: Ask the child what the
child wants to eat. Don’t cook what you want to cook but cook what is liked by
the child. Whatever the child likes gives more mental energy.

7.Honey, fruits, nuts, milk are good for memory and mind sharpening. Include them in the diet. Follow your child
and treat the child like King during this period. Leave criticism for another
occasion.

HOW TO STUDY FOR MORE
MARKS AND EASY SUCCESS?

1.Be mentally prepared saying to yourself
i.e. self-talk (silently) I am braver than my exam. I can work hard and success
will be hard. Don’t let study be your master but you be the master of your
study.

2.Don’t stress yourself but keep the stress
under your control.

Do deep breathing. Breathe in through nose for 4 secs, hold
the breath for 8 seconds and exhale the breath with a blow through mouth in 4-5
seconds. You are refreshed to study.

3.Mind it : LUCK FAVOURS THE BRAVE. You are
brave.

4.Divide the study of one hour in 4 parts:

15 minutes read the headings of the chapter
thoroughly.

2. 15 minutes closing eyes storm the brain to understand what you
have read.

3)

Re-read
the chapter 4. Now write what you have read.
After every 30 minutes 5 minutes pause and leaving the chair and
splashing the water on face pays.

5. Mind
Maps can be used for study and correlation of different topics read in the
chapter. Read the whole book. It will make the learning easy. Don’t understand
but read like a novel. Always read with
pencil in hand. Keep on underling the
difficult points. But do not stop
reading. Continue reading. You will see that only 10-20% you do not know, rest
is known to you. Focus on what you know well.